Selma, a Czech immigrant goes in search of a new life in America for her and her ten year old son. She is given a starring role in the local production of 'The Sound Of Music' and... more
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Palme-D'Or-winning movie-musical Dancer in the Darkgave her 18 months to produce this superb half-hour's result. It blurs all her staple sampling inventiveness (listen for a ball bouncing and shoes squeaking on gym flooring in "In The Musicals") with the sort of lush big band orchestral backing that made "Oh So Quiet" a hit. As in the film, each song builds from natural sounds that inspire Selma's fantasy world. "Cvalda" starts with machinery noise from her factory job, "Scatterheart" with the crackle of a stuck vinyl record, and "I've Seen It All" with a locomotive's engine rhythm (featuring a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke instead of on-screen would-be boyfriend Peter Stormare). "107 Steps" is cheekily just the Icelander singing numbers, and "My Favourite Things" isn't here from her delightful Sound of Music rehearsal. But those are minor niggles. Finishing in grand upbeat style with "New World", the music concludes with a nice link back to the motif from the brassy "Overture". It's taken the coherence of film scoring to deliver her most impressive work since Debut. --Paul Tonks
Palme-D'Or-winning movie-musical Dancer in the Darkgave her 18 months to produce this superb half-hour's result. It blurs all her staple sampling inventiveness (listen for a ball bouncing and shoes squeaking on gym flooring in "In The Musicals") with the sort of lush big band orchestral backing that made "Oh So Quiet" a hit. As in the film, each song builds from natural sounds that inspire Selma's fantasy world. "Cvalda" starts with machinery noise from her factory job, "Scatterheart" with the crackle of a stuck vinyl record, and "I've Seen It All" with a locomotive's engine rhythm (featuring a duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke instead of on-screen would-be boyfriend Peter Stormare). "107 Steps" is cheekily just the Icelander singing numbers, and "My Favourite Things" isn't here from her delightful Sound of Music rehearsal. But those are minor niggles. Finishing in grand upbeat style with "New World", the music concludes with a nice link back to the motif from the brassy "Overture". It's taken the coherence of film scoring to deliver her most impressive work since Debut. --Paul Tonks
Dancer In The Dark (Box Set) (Limited Edition) (DVD And Screenplay)
Main specs
Actor(s): Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Udo Kier, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Jean-Marc Barr
Director(s): Lars Von Trier
Genre: Music / Performing Arts
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 2000
Running Time: 2 hours 14 minutes
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date: 19/03/2001
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: VCD 012S
DVD Description
Selma, a Czech immigrant goes in search of a new life in America for her and her ten year old son. She is given a starring role in the local production of 'The Sound Of Music' and life seems relatively good apart from the fact that she has a genetic disorder that will leave her blind unless she can raise the money for an operation...
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The concert not only celebrates Elton's 60th birthday but also his record breaking 60th appearance at this stadium. That in its self is breath taking, how many non-American artists could full this stadium 60 times over in the past 30+ years?
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